SPRING IN MY HOMETOWN

(Kwangmo Lee, 1998)

Films and filmmakers grown in Georgia clay.

M.A.F.I.A. | directed by Frances Chang, USA, 4:45Discouraged by online dating, these women have turned to a new app, M.A.F.I.A., to find love.#Georgia

Something Bigger | directed by Chris Anthony Hamilton, USA, 8:57Teea confides in her best friend about her existential crisis when an ominous visitor interrupts their moment of connection. #Georgia

Jukebox Girl | directed by Alex Richard Thomas, USA, 9:32The mayor's daughter, Brenda moonlights as a criminal stuck between putting her delinquent days behind her or succumbing to a life of crime.#Georgia

Beeda After the Wake | directed by Nina Marinov, USA, 10:04In a southern magical realism story of loss, an observant five year old girl is left on her own to navigate death and grief.#Georgia #NewMavericks

Pupae | directed by Ryan Hope Travis, USA, 8:32Compelled to confront his past, Moses returns home after living in a swamp for 7 years.#Georgia

Cells | directed by Raymond Wood, USA, 12:00A doctor is held captive by a group of masked intruders who force him to answer why billions of dollars go wasted each year in the name of medical research.#Georgia

Jookuhdo | directed by Crystal Jin Kim, USA, 12:30An antique shopkeeper is floored when her long-lost, yakuza-involved love suddenly reappears four years after his supposed death and is dying to find if this can be true.#Georgia#NewMavericks

On the Fence | directed by Cassidy Detmer & Jared Callahan, USA, 8:00Pete attempts to reconnect with his family after escaping from a drug recovery center.#Georgia

Snapshot | directed by Brett Bagwell, USA, 9:59Expressed through the memories and dreams of a 12-year old boy, a mother and son struggle to cope with the absence of the father.#Georgia